Toy



March 17, 1931. A. ScHoDER 1,796,483

TOY

Filed Jan. 29, 1950 Af@ 11H11! 111111351 54 j Il 30 Patented Mar. 17, 1,931

- A UNITED STATES: PATENT* OFFICE maar, scnoDER, F STEINACH, GERMANY, Assieme rot merma B.. um; A Y NEW YORK, N. Y.

TOY

VApplication led January 29, 1930, Serial No. 424,255.4 and in Germany Septemberz'; 1929.

rlhi-s invention relates to improvements in toys, and more particularly it pertains to toys of the mechanical type.

It is one of the objects of]4 the invention to provide a mechanical toy in simulation of an animal or thel'ike which-toy will depict orI portray;actionsl which are characteristic of the animal of which the toy is a repre- I sentation; l

It isy a further object of the invention to 'provide a) novel mechanism by means of which thetoy maybe caused to operate at Willi.. Y

llt is a'fu'rther object `off the invention to providea mechanically operated-figure toy in which anfelement of the toy may be operated at what may be termeda normal rate of operation, whichnormal rate is intermittently augmented in order to give more realistic-,appearanceto the toy.

It is a further object of the invention to provide a toy of-,the above character which will becheap to manufacture, and highly ei'cient in operation'.

which will appear-f as the nature of the invention ,is better understood, Vreference is hadf to the accompanying drawings in which- Y Figure 1 is a perspective view of a toy constructed inaccordance with-the present invention; Y

Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional view taken through the toy ;i `Figure 3 is a plan` viewl taken on the line 3-*3 of Figure 2";

Figure 4 is a plan sectional View taken on the line 4 4 oflFigure 2'; and

Figure 5 is a detail sectional view taken on the line 55-5 of Figure 2.

In its presentV embodiment, the' invention is exemplified in a toy which takes the form Vof` apdog, having inV its mouth shoe or vslipper which it shakes more orless con- 'tinuouslyand which shaking is interrupted With the `above and other objectsin view,`

by intermittentv violent shaking of the; slip;- per. In theJ accompanying drawings, the` body of' the dogis designated 10, the head 12, and the slipper 13, the lat-terbeingattached to the head'ina manner to produce the effect of beingfheldfby the dogin its mouth. I

The body 10V may formed, preferably p by Amolding from papier-mche, is hollow,

and shaped in imitation of the animali it depicts. The head is preferably solidl as shown, and as illustrated fin' Figureisnot attached tothe body 10 although Vin some instances it may be 'desirable to. pivotally or otherwise connect the Ahead and body. ,i

Mounted within theb 10, there is a driving mechanism prefera ly inthe form of a spring motorf. This driving mechanism as herein illustrated, comprises a` 'suitable 'frame 15, suitably secured to the bodyfpor- 6 tion l()` by means of ears 16! which pass through one of the. walls of the bodypoik tion 10 and are-bent over as indicatedlin Figure.

The frame l5 is. substantially U-shaped in longitudinal section and hasthe` upper ends of the legs thereof connected'by. a plate16, one end of which projgects beyond the Aend of' the frame at 17. The upper ends of thel'egs of the frame may be provided with ears 18 whichfproject throughv Slotsin the plate 16 and which are bent overasindicated in Figure 3 vto secure the U-shaped frame 15 and said plate' 16 together.

Mounted in the frame, there are four shafts 20, 21, 22 and 23. The shaft 2O is preferably square and carries a` power spring 24, one end of which is connected to Athe shaft, while itsother end is connected as at 25 to the frame l5.' The spring 24 is preferably mounted within the frame and mounted on the sha-ft2() so as to` turn therewith, there are two double pawl's 26 and 27. The pawl 26 is mountedfbetween the Vspring 24: and a gear 28 which latter has a plurality of pavvl engaging openings 29. The gear 28 is loosely mounted upon the shaft 20 but is rotated thereon by the pawl 26 when the shaft 2O is permitted to rotate under the influence of the spring 24. The gear 28 meshes with a small gear 30 carried by the shaft 21 and to which gear is suitably connected in a manner to be driven thereby, a larger gear 31. The large gear 31 drives a small gear 32 to which is operatively conneoted a larger gear 33, both of Which are mounted upon the shaft 22. The gear 33 drives a grear 34 carried by the shaft 23, and associated With this shaft 23 and gear 34 and excentrically mounted thereon, there is a weight 35 Which func-tions somewhat in the manner of a governor such as commonly employed in connection with spring motors. Means is provided to prevent operation of the motor which means is herein illustrated as a stop 36 pivotally mounted as at 37, and having a portion 38 Which projects from the body of the toy to provide operating means for rocking the stop about its pivotal point to move a series of teeth 39 upon its end 38 into engagement with the gear 34 to lock the gear train against movement under the influence of the spring 24.

Loosely mounted upon the shaft 20 and arranged adjacent the pavvl 27, there is a gear 40 which is provided with openings 41 in which the free ends of the double paWl 27 engage to drive said gear 40, it being understood that the paWl-27 is carried by, and rotates With the shaft 20. The gear 40 has teeth 42, but they extend only partly around the periphery of said gear as illustrated in Figure 3. Loosely mounted upon the shaft 21 there is a gear 43 which is adapted to be intermittently driven by the gear 40 and associated With this gear and driven thereby, there is a gear 44 which meshes With and drives a gear 45 loosely mounted upon the shaft 22. Driven by the gear 45, there is a crank 46, the pin 47 of which engages in the looped end 48 of a pivotally mounted arm or lever 49. The arm or lever 49 is pivotally mounted as at 50 and 51 in a vertical extension 52 of the projecting end 17 of the plate 16 and has an extended end 53 upon which the head 12 is mounted.

The shaft 20 has one of its ends positioned in an opening 55 in the body 10, thus providing for the attachment of a suitable key to turn the shaft and place the spring 24 under sulicient tension. During Winding of the spring 24, the stop is engaged With the gear 34 to prevent operation of motor. lith the motor locked against operation, turning of the shaft 2() to the right in Figure 2 will place the spring under tension, the ends of the paWls 26 and 27 riding freely through the openings in the gears 28 and 40.

With the spring 24 under tension, if the stop be disengaged with the gear 34 the spring through the medium of the gears 28, 30, 31, 32, 33 and 34 Will rotate the shaft 23 and the governor 35. Due to the excentric mounting of the governor 35, a vibration will be set up which Will cause a relatively slight rocking of the lever 49 about its pivotal point, and a consequent relatively slight but perceptible side to side movement of the head 12 of the toy. During the foregoing operation, the` paWl 27 drives the gear 40 and as its teeth 42 pass into driving engagement with the gear 43, through the medium of the gears 44 and 45, the crank 46 Will be rapidly rotated, and through the medium of its pin 47 which operates Within the looped end 48 of the lever 49, will cause a violent oscillation of said Alever about its pivotal points 50 and 51 and greatly augment the side to side movement of the head l2. Immediately the teeth 42 of the gear 40 pass out of driving engagement with the gear 43, the crank Will no longer be positively driven and the more violent movement will be reduced to the extent of movement produced by excentrically mounted governor 35.

By properly proportioning the several parts of the motor, the gear 40 may be caused to make several revolutions before the spring 24 is spent, thus causing several intermittent violent operations of the head l() since the movement of the head will be augmented each time the teeth 42 of the gear 40 enter into driving engagement with the gear 43, and as long as they remain in engagement therewith.

From the foregoing, it is apparent that the present invention provides a mechanical toy which is realistic in its imitation of characteristic actions of an animal in representation of which the toy is built, and which is also relatively cheap of manufacture and highly etlicient in its operation.

It is, of course, to be understood that the invention is not to be limited to the precise form in which it is illustrated as it Will be obvious to those skilled in the art that the invention may be practiced in many other forms which fall Within the scope of the appended claims.

What I claim is:

1. In a mechanical toy, a ligure, means for moving one of the elements of said iigure, said means comprising an arm mounted for oscillation about a pivotal point and connected to that element of the figure to be moved, means for oscillating said arm at one rate of speed, and means for intermittently increasing the rate of speed of oscillation of said arm.

2. In a mechanical toy, a figure, means for moving one of the elements of said iigure, said means comprising an arm mounted for oscillation about a pivotal point and connected to that element oi the ligure to v signature.

ALBERT SCHODER. 

